I fully agree with Milner in this chapter. The author states that a "complete" teacher is one who builds relationships with students, parent, coworkers, and administration. It is very important to have these relationships. Students need to know they can trust you and parents need to know they can rely on you. These relationships will set your classroom up for success. If for some reason something does go wrong it is extremely beneficial to have your coworkers and administration supporting you. The relationships in your school are the foundation of you professional life as an educator. The author also talks about setting goals for yourself and self evaluating. These both important parts of growing as an education. As teachers we should always be trying to improve our methods, self evaluating helps us do so. When we look back on what we have done we can improve! What did not go well? What did go well? These are questions we should be asking ourselves every time we teach. We want to provide the best education for our students. A teacher who reflects is a "complete" teacher. Setting goals helps up accomplish more. This is a great way to pace our work without overwhelming ourselves. Teachers should always be working towards something, whether it be adding more technology to the classroom, differentiating more, or finding new techniques. A teacher who sets goals is going to be working harder for their students benefit. In this chapter Milner provides many qualifications of what makes a complete teacher. I believe that this is something that every teacher should work towards. I will keep this list in mind as I start my profession as a Educator.
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